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General Category => Other Sports => Topic started by: mnagowski on February 18, 2008, 09:50:39 PM

Title: Basketball Top 25 Poll
Post by: mnagowski on February 18, 2008, 09:50:39 PM
So is somebody trying to pull a joke?

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/ncaa/men/polls/

Cornell gets a vote. But not Syracuse?
Title: Re: Basketball Top 25 Poll
Post by: Al DeFlorio on February 18, 2008, 10:36:19 PM
[quote metaezra]So is somebody trying to pull a joke?

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/ncaa/men/polls/

Cornell gets a vote. But not Syracuse?[/quote]
You mean...we got fewer votes...than Stephen F. Austin?  That's like losing a primary to Rudy Giuliani.::nut::
Title: Re: Basketball Top 25 Poll
Post by: Jim Hyla on February 19, 2008, 02:14:24 PM
[quote metaezra]So is somebody trying to pull a joke?

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/ncaa/men/polls/

Cornell gets a vote. But not Syracuse?[/quote]

Just goes to show that you have to throw out outliers.
Title: Re: Basketball Top 25 Poll
Post by: Josh '99 on February 19, 2008, 04:02:37 PM
AP...  does Jeremy Schaap have a vote?
Title: Re: Basketball Top 25 Poll
Post by: Weder on February 19, 2008, 06:10:52 PM
It was John Feinstein (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/specials/collegebasketball_front/votes_men/10011.html?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME)
Title: Re: Basketball Top 25 Poll
Post by: ugarte on February 19, 2008, 06:25:34 PM
[quote Weder]It was John Feinstein (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/specials/collegebasketball_front/votes_men/10011.html?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME)[/quote]
Does he have an archive of past votes? I wonder if his #25 is always a school that wouldn't get recognized otherwise.
Title: Re: Basketball Top 25 Poll
Post by: Josh '99 on February 19, 2008, 06:54:53 PM
Thanks, I was trying to find the breakdown but couldn't.
Title: Re: Basketball Top 25 Poll
Post by: Chris '03 on February 19, 2008, 09:09:03 PM
[quote Weder]It was John Feinstein (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/specials/collegebasketball_front/votes_men/10011.html?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME)[/quote]

His book on Patriot League hoops is a great read.
Title: Re: Basketball Top 25 Poll
Post by: RichH on February 20, 2008, 12:55:45 AM
[quote Chris '03][quote Weder]It was John Feinstein (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/specials/collegebasketball_front/votes_men/10011.html?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME)[/quote]

His book on Patriot League hoops is a great read.[/quote]

I've been meaning to read that.  I've also had a question about the title "The Last Amateurs" for a while.  It's about the Patriot League, and as I understand it, glorifies it as the final academically-minded, non-scholarships, home-of-the-true-student-athlete frontier in Division I basketball.  

Hey!!  Over here!!

Unless Feinstein makes the case that the Patriot League is less of a well known entity than the "big name" schools of the Ivy League.  And I guess "Some of the Few Amateurs" isn't a great book title.  But I hope he doesn't ignore us completely.
Title: Re: Basketball Top 25 Poll
Post by: Trotsky on February 21, 2008, 11:03:44 PM
Feinstein talks about small, academic schools a lot on Tony Kornheiser's radio program.  He's a very smart, very irritating guy, much like TK.
Title: Re: Basketball Top 25 Poll
Post by: BillCharlton on February 22, 2008, 01:31:28 AM
In Kornheiser's defense, he made the big time as a Binghamton grad and had the good sense to send his daughter to Cornell! Plus, he often has a Cornell football helmet on his desk during PTI. Where else can you find that kind of free advertising? As for John Feinstein, I agree that he can be irritating in interviews, but he sure can write.
Title: Re: Basketball Top 25 Poll
Post by: Josh '99 on February 22, 2008, 10:45:29 AM
[quote Trotsky]Feinstein talks about small, academic schools a lot on Tony Kornheiser's radio program.  He's a very smart, very irritating guy, much like TK.[/quote]If they're both very irritating, why do you listen to them?  ::screwy::